Truck.



W. STANHELD.

TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15. 1917- Patented. Mar. 12, 1918.

TATES FATENT @EFEGE WRIGHT s'rAnrInLn, or APISON, rnnnnssnn, AssIsNonornate-FOUR H *ro JEss DAVIS, or APISON, TENNESSEE,

TRUCK.

Specification otlettersjatent.

Patented Mar. 12, 1918.

Application filed June 15, 1917. Serial No. 174,976.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, \VRIGIIT STANFIELD, acitizen of the United States, residing at Apison, in the county of Jamesand State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Trucks; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use thesame.

This invention relates to improvements in a truck and has for one of itsobjects the provision of a device of this character, having meansthereon which will automatically act as a brake or stop when the draftupon the truck is eliminated.

Another object of this invention is to provide a runner pivoted to thehounds of the truck and adapted to act as a brake or stop when the draftis released therefrom and which will prevent the truck from tipping whenpassing over steep grades.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a truck of theabove stated character, which will be simple, durable and efficient, andwhich may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel featuresof construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbehereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my in vention. reference is to be had tothe following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a truck constructed in accordance with myinvention,

Fig. 2. is a side elevation of the same.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates an axle onwhich are journaled the usual ground wheels 2. The axle 1 has securedthereto, the uprights 3, which cooperate with the axle in forming therear bolster. A V-shaped hound 4 has the ends of its arm portionssecured to the under face of the axle 1 and its apex thereof aperturedto receive a king bolt 5. Bearing plates 6 are secured upon each face ofthe apex of the hound at to prevent wear thereon. A front bolster 7 issecured to the hound 4 adjacent the apex thereof and has secured to eachend, the vertical uprights 8, which uprights cooperate with the uprights3 in supportin a load upon the bolster.

A runner 9 has an enlarged head 10 formed upon one end which isapertured to receive the king bolt 5 for pivotally connecting the runner9 to the apex of the hound 4. A draft coupling 11 is pivoted to the head10 and has connected thereto, a draft chain 12, to which a swingletree13 or the like is connected for hitching draft power to the device.

When draft is applied to the runner 9, the runner is elevated fromengagement with the ground, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 in full lines,thus placing the entire load on the wheels 2 and when the draft isslackened or released upon the runner 9, the same engages the ground andacts as a brake and the rear end of the runner prevents the device fromtipping over when passing over uneven ground.

lVhile I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction,combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing fromthe spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A truck comprising an axle, wheels journaled to said-axle, a houndsecured to the axle, a bolster carried by said hound,

and means pivoted to the hound for forming journaled to said axle, andhounds secured is released from said runner to notes a to said axle,bolsters secured to said hounds, stop or brake.

7 in a runner having an enlarged head pivoted In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature to the hounds, and draft means connected to inpresence of two Witnesses.

the head for the purpose of causing the rear WRIGHT STAN FIELD. endofthe runner to disengage from the \Vitnesses; ground, and which runnerwill engage the J; J." DAVIS,

ground throughout its length when the draft A. \V. MARSHALL.

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